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{"title":"Genomic analysis reveals hidden species diversity in <i>Emesis</i> Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae).","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Genomic analysis of &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; [Fabricius], 1807 (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae Grote, 1895) reveals species richness higher than anticipated. As a result, one subgenus, 22 species, and one subspecies are proposed as new (type species or type localities in parenthesis): &lt;i&gt;Diogenia&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Emesis diogenia&lt;/i&gt; Prittwitz, 1865), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;aerunda&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Rio Pachitea, Monte Alegre), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;bartica&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Guyana: Cuyuni-Mazaruni), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;fatimellina&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Santa Catarina), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;panamella&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Darién), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Mandania&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;mandora&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Santo Domingo), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Mandania&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;manduza&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Cuzco), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Tenedia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;nimia&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Chiriquí), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Tenedia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;faria&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Mexico: Tamaulipas), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Tenedia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;leona&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Mexico: Nuevo León), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Tenedia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;subangularis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Argentina: Salta), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Tenedia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;alisada&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Piura), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Tenedia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;flecta&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Bolivia: La Paz), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Poeasia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;sonorensis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Mexico: Sonora), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Brimia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;apagada&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Madre de Dios), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Brimia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;boliviana&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Bolivia: La Paz), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Aphacitis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;aurichica&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Mexico: Chiapas), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Aphacitis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;auripana&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Darién), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Aphacitis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;pruinapicalis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Darién), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Aphacitis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;furvescens&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Darién), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Aphacitis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;pallescens&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Panamá), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Aphacitis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;andigna&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Cuzco), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Aphacitis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;luxata&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: São Paulo), and &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Mandania&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;russula sudesta&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subspecies&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Paraná). The following five taxa are &lt;b&gt;species&lt;/b&gt; (not subspecies): &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;cronina&lt;/i&gt; Schaus, 1928, &lt;b&gt;reinstated status&lt;/b&gt; (not &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;cereus&lt;/i&gt; (Linnaeus, 1767)), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;nobilata&lt;/i&gt; Stichel, 1910, &lt;b&gt;new status&lt;/b&gt; (not &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;fatimella&lt;/i&gt; Westwood, 1851), &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Tenedia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;tristis&lt;/i&gt; Stichel, 1","PeriodicalId":73391,"journal":{"name":"Insecta mundi","volume":"1082 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11759503/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Genomics-based taxonomic rearrangement of Achlyodini and Carcharodini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae).","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Genomic analysis of Pyrginae Burmeister, 1878 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809) with an emphasis on the tribes Achlyodini Burmeister, 1878 and Carcharodini Verity, 1940 reveals many inconsistencies between the resulting phylogeny and the current classification. These problems are corrected by proposing new taxa, changing the ranks of others, or synonymizing them, and transferring species between genera. As a result, five subtribes, one genus, 20 subgenera, and one species are proposed as new: Cyclosemiina Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subtribe&lt;/b&gt; (type genus &lt;i&gt;Cyclosemia&lt;/i&gt; Mabille, 1878), Ilianina Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subtribe&lt;/b&gt; (type genus &lt;i&gt;Iliana&lt;/i&gt; E. Bell, 1937), Nisoniadina Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subtribe&lt;/b&gt; (type genus &lt;i&gt;Nisoniades&lt;/i&gt; Hübner, &lt;b&gt;[1819]&lt;/b&gt;), Burcina Grishin&lt;b&gt;, new subtribe&lt;/b&gt; (type genus &lt;i&gt;Burca&lt;/i&gt; E. Bell and W. Comstock, 1948), and Pholisorina Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subtribe&lt;/b&gt; (type genus &lt;i&gt;Pholisora&lt;/i&gt; Scudder, 1872), all in Carcharodini; &lt;i&gt;Lirra&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new genus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Leucochitonea limaea&lt;/i&gt; Hewitson, 1868) in Pythonidina Grishin, 2019; &lt;i&gt;Trifa&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Tagiades jacobus&lt;/i&gt; Plötz, 1884), &lt;i&gt;Tuberna&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Pythonides contubernalis&lt;/i&gt; Mabille, 1883), &lt;i&gt;Ebona&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Quadrus eboneus&lt;/i&gt; E. Bell, 1947), &lt;i&gt;Noctis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Achlyodes accedens&lt;/i&gt; Mabille, 1895), and &lt;i&gt;Cyrna&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Achlyodes cyrna&lt;/i&gt; Mabille, 1895) of &lt;i&gt;Quadrus&lt;/i&gt; Lindsey, 1925; &lt;i&gt;Liddia&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Helias pallida&lt;/i&gt; R. Felder, 1869), &lt;i&gt;Minna&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Achlyodes minna&lt;/i&gt; Evans, 1953), and &lt;i&gt;Thilla&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Eurypterus later&lt;/i&gt; Mabille, 1891) of &lt;i&gt;Eantis&lt;/i&gt; Boisduval, 1836; &lt;i&gt;Torgus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Ouleus gorgus&lt;/i&gt; E. Bell, 1937) of &lt;i&gt;Iliana&lt;/i&gt; E. Bell, 1937; &lt;i&gt;Fenops&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Cabares enops&lt;/i&gt; Godman and Salvin, 1894) of &lt;i&gt;Polyctor&lt;/i&gt; Evans, 1953; &lt;i&gt;Bezus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Pellicia bessus&lt;/i&gt; Möschler, 1877) and &lt;i&gt;Macarius&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Pellicia macarius&lt;/i&gt; Herrich-Schäffer, 1870) of &lt;i&gt;Nisoniades&lt;/i&gt; Hübner, [1819]; &lt;i&gt;Quadralis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Pterygospidea extensa&lt;/i&gt; Mabille, 1891) of &lt;i&gt;Gorgopas&lt;/i&gt; Godman and Salvin, 1894; &lt;i&gt;Menuda&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Nisoniades menuda&lt;/i&gt; Weeks, 1902) and &lt;i&gt;Narycus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Pythonides narycus&lt;/i&gt; Mabille, 1889) of &lt;i&gt;Perus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, 2019; &lt;i&gt;Bovaria&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Achlyodes cyclops&lt;/i&gt; Mabille, 1876), &lt;i&gt;Sebia&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new subgenus&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Niso","PeriodicalId":73391,"journal":{"name":"Insecta mundi","volume":"1016 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11759506/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Descriptions of one hundred new species of Hesperiidae.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Nick V Grishin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A century and a half since the time of Hewitson, we are experiencing a renaissance in species discovery fueled by whole genome sequencing. A large-scale genomic analysis of Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 (Lepidoptera), including primary type specimens, reveals a deluge of species new to science. One hundred of them (one in a new genus) are described here from the New World (type localities are given in parenthesis): &lt;i&gt;Drephalys&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Drephalys&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;diovalis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Napo), &lt;i&gt;Euriphellus panador&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Esmeraldas), &lt;i&gt;Euriphellus panamicus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Panama), &lt;i&gt;Cecropterus&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Thorybes&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;viridissimus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Zamora-Chinchipe), &lt;i&gt;Cecropterus&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Murgaria&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;dariensis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Darien), &lt;i&gt;Urbanus&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Urbanus&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;mericuti&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Napo), &lt;i&gt;Telegonus&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Telegonus&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;pastus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Panama), &lt;i&gt;Autochton&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Autochton&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;dora&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Pastaza), &lt;i&gt;Astraptes centralis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Colón), &lt;i&gt;Aguna claxonica&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Napo), &lt;i&gt;Aguna esmeralda&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Esmeraldas), &lt;i&gt;Aguna lata&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Guyana), &lt;i&gt;Ridens angulinea&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Cuzco), &lt;i&gt;Pythonides lera&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Cuzco), &lt;i&gt;Pythonides latemarginatus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Panama), &lt;i&gt;Gindanes variegatus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Mato Grosso), &lt;i&gt;Milanion&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Milanion&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;virga&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Rondônia), &lt;i&gt;Milanion&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Milanion&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;furvus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Panama), &lt;i&gt;Milanion&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Milanion&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;laricus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Napo), &lt;i&gt;Charidia ronda&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Rondônia), &lt;i&gt;Pseudodrephalys tinas&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Loreto), &lt;i&gt;Pseudodrephalys argus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Suriname: Para), &lt;i&gt;Achlyodes calvus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Santa Catarina), &lt;i&gt;Spioniades artemis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Panama), &lt;i&gt;Spioniades artemidoides&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Santa Catarina), &lt;i&gt;Myrinia orieca&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Orellana), &lt;i&gt;Myrinia aragua&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Venezuela: Aragua), &lt;i&gt;Myrinia maculosa&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Guatemala), &lt;i&gt;Myrinia manchada&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Guyana), &lt;i&gt;Polyctor&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Fenops&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;lamperus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Darien), &lt;i&gt;Nisoniades&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Nisoniades&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;lutum&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; (Mexico: Guerrero.), &lt;i&gt;Bolla&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Stolla&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;vena&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; ","PeriodicalId":73391,"journal":{"name":"Insecta mundi","volume":"1026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11759504/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Thirteen new species of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Texas.","authors":"Jing Zhang,&nbsp;Qian Cong,&nbsp;Nick V Grishin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Analyses of whole genomic shotgun datasets, COI barcodes, morphology, and historical literature suggest that the following 13 butterfly species from the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in Texas, USA are distinct from their closest named relatives and therefore are described as new (type localities are given in parenthesis): <i>Spicauda atelis</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Hidalgo Co., Mission), <i>Urbanus</i> (<i>Urbanus</i>) <i>rickardi</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Hidalgo Co., nr. Madero), <i>Urbanus</i> (<i>Urbanus</i>) <i>oplerorum</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Hidalgo Co., Mission/Madero), <i>Telegonus tsongae</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Starr Co., Roma), <i>Autochton caballo</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Hidalgo Co., 6 mi W of Hidalgo), <i>Epargyreus fractigutta</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Hidalgo Co., McAllen), <i>Aguna mcguirei</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Cameron Co., Brownsville), <i>Polygonus pardus</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Hidalgo Co., McAllen), <i>Arteurotia artistella</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Hidalgo Co., Mission), <i>Heliopetes elonmuski</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Cameron Co., Boca Chica), <i>Hesperia balcones</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Travis Co., Volente), <i>Troyus fabulosus</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Hidalgo Co., Peñitas), and <i>Lerema ochrius</i> Grishin, <b>new species</b> (Hidalgo Co., nr. Relampago). Most of these species are known in the US almost exclusively from the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Nine of the holotypes were collected in 1971-1975, a banner period for butterfly species newly recorded from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas; five of them collected by William W. McGuire, and one by Nadine M. McGuire. At the time, these new species have been recorded under the names of their close relatives. A <b>Neotype</b> is designated for <i>Papilio fulminator</i> Sepp, [1841] (Suriname). <b>Lectotypes</b> are designated for <i>Goniurus teleus</i> Hübner, 1821 (unknown, likely in South America), <i>Goniloba azul</i> Reakirt, [1867] (Mexico: Veracruz) and <i>Eudamus misitra</i> Plötz, 1881 (Mexico). Several taxonomic changes are proposed. The following taxa are species (not subspecies): <i>Spicauda zalanthus</i> (Plötz, 1880), <b>reinstated status</b> (not <i>Spicauda teleus</i> (Hübner, 1821)), <i>Telegonus fulminator</i> (Sepp, [1841]), <b>reinstated status</b> (not <i>Telegonus fulgerator</i> (Walch, 1775), <i>Telegonus misitra</i> (Plötz, 1881), <b>reinstated status</b> (not <i>Telegonus azul</i> (Reakirt, [1867])), <i>Autochton reducta</i> (Mabille and Boullet, 1919), <b>new status</b> (not <i>Autochton potrillo</i> (Lucas, 1857)), <i>Epargyreus gaumeri</i> Godman and Salvin, 1893, <b>reinstated status</b> (not <i>Epargyreus clavicornis</i> (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)), and <i>Polygonus punctus</i> E. Bell and W. Comstock, 1948, <b>new status</b> (not <i>Polygonus savigny</i> (Latreille, [1824])). <i>Urbanus ehakernae</i> Burns, 2014 and <","PeriodicalId":73391,"journal":{"name":"Insecta mundi","volume":"2023 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/e5/03/nihms-1863573.PMC9880598.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10592863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Genomics reveals a new genus and species from a single female specimen (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini: Moncina).","authors":"Ernst Brockmann,&nbsp;Jing Zhang,&nbsp;Qian Cong,&nbsp;Nick V Grishin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>New taxa in Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) are traditionally proposed after inspection of male genitalia, which largely form the basis for Hesperiidae taxonomy. However, with genomic DNA sequencing, even a single female specimen can be placed in a phylogenetic context of existing classification and taxonomically assigned with confidence. Genomic sequencing of an unusually patterned Hesperiidae female from San Martin, Peru, characterized by pearly spots outlining an inverted heart pattern on the rust-colored ventral hindwing, reveals that it represents an undescribed genus and species named here as <i>Gemmia buechei</i> Brockmann and Grishin, <b>new genus</b> and <b>new species</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":73391,"journal":{"name":"Insecta mundi","volume":"2022 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f8/36/nihms-1842991.PMC9584036.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40652516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera).","authors":"Qian Cong,&nbsp;Jing Zhang,&nbsp;Jinhui Shen,&nbsp;Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.3677235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3677235","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genomic sequencing and analysis of worldwide skipper butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) fauna points to imperfections in their current classification. Some tribes, subtribes and genera as they are circumscribed today are not monophyletic. Rationalizing genomic results from the perspective of phenotypic characters suggests two new tribes, two new subtribes and 50 new genera that are named here: Ceratrichiini Grishin, <b>trib. n.</b>, Gretnini Grishin, <b>trib. n.</b>, Falgina Grishin, <b>subtr. n.</b>, Apaustina Grishin, <b>subtr. n.</b>, <i>Flattoides</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Aurivittia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Viuria</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Clytius</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Incisus</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Perus</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Livida</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Festivia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Hoodus</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Anaxas</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Chiothion</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Crenda</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Santa</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Canesia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Bralus</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Ladda</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Willema</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Argemma</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Nervia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Dotta</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Lissia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Xanthonymus</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Cerba</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Avestia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Zetka</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Turmosa</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Mielkeus</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Coolus</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Daron</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Barrolla</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Brownus</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Tava</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Rigga</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Haza</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Dubia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Pares</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Chitta</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Artonia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Lurida</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Corra</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Fidius</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Veadda</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Tricrista</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Viridina</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Alychna</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Ralis</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Testia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Buzella</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, <i>Vernia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b>, and <i>Lon</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> In addition, the following taxonomic changes are suggested. <i>Prada</i> Evans is transferred from Hesperiinae to Trapezitinae. <i>Echelatus</i> Godman and Salvin, <i>Systaspes</i> Weeks, and <i>Oenides</i> Mabille are removed from synonymy and are treated as valid genera. The following genera are new junior subjective synonyms: <i>Tosta</i> Evans of <i>Eantis</i> Boisduval; <i>Turmada</i> Evans of <i>Neoxeniades</i> Hayward, <i>Arita</i> Evans of <i>Tigasis</i> Godman, a","PeriodicalId":73391,"journal":{"name":"Insecta mundi","volume":"2019 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/6c/82/nihms-1724225.PMC8791444.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39864904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}